Turkey! I had such a wonderful visit there as a teen in no small part because of the locals we met.

Not in the nineties, you couldn’t. 😉

This change in perspective is one of my favorite things about folks who are younger than me. Kudos for putting this kind of misogyny behind us.

Dan Savage had some good advice a while back:

Your awkward/repulsive stage will pass. In the meantime, here’s what you need to do: worry less about getting your young teenage self laid and start thinking about getting your 18- or 20-year-old self laid. Join a gym and get yourself a body that girls will find irresistible, read—read books—so that you’ll have something to say to girls (the best way to make girls think you’re interesting is to actually be interesting), and get out of the house and do shit—political shit, sporty shit, arty shit—so that you’ll meet different kinds of girls in different kinds of settings and become comfortable talking with them.

It is much easier to talk to someone when you have something to talk about.

It kinda looks distressed. But also cute. I gotta get down to AU sometime soon…

Many democracies form coalitions between smaller parties to create a majority voting block - the US just does it before the election.

OMG. Which AI tool produced this?

Yup, actual formula. Might not even be the most offensive one in the spreadsheet.

Sure thing! Here are some other thoughts your survey brought to mind:

1. I think of business culture as the way people behave when a leader isn’t there giving direction. So, sota in line with your perspective. But unlike the culture of a country, I think a business’ culture is defined by behaviors (as opposed to beliefs).

2. In the last 40 years, public corporations have focused on profits and shareholder value. But I think it is a huge mistake to ignore the other groups the business impacts and influences, such as their customers, their employees and the community they are in. My perspective is that unless all of those things are looked after, the business will become terrible over time (Boeing is like a case study on this).

3. Not mentioned in your survey, but a pet peeve is the lack of development and mentorship of staff. Most teams could be so much stronger with the right support, oversight and development. But it requires a lot of elbow grease, which managers and leaders are unwilling to put in. To me, this is so wrong it boarders on unethical. But, at least in the US, it is pervasive across businesses.

I have so many thoughts stirred up by this survey. Here’s just 1: some companies don’t benefit from consultants because they are the unwilling or unable to implement their recommendations - not because the recommendatios are wrong. Honestly, most big companies hire consultants to blame their poor results on - and for that, consultants are totally worth the cost. Happy to share more if you would like - just message me.

You are exceptional at this game! Poo fighters 😂

Pardon my ignorance, but how does this even work? Like, don’t they just walk off the job collectively until someone is willing to negotiate with them?

He won’t know about great deals if he’s not signed up for the newsletters. It’s a favor really.

I own a small business consulting firm that the serves tech and energy industries. Generally, pay is good in consulting. Owning a company can be risky financially - we’ve had good years and bad years.

I’d like to live in the woods in the PNW. It’s pretty, I like the weather and there aren’t too many bugs (compared to other parts of the country).

What kind of doggo is this? He’s cute!

I don’t work there, so I have no idea if the info is readily available (I hope it is for the sake of efficiency of our agencies). But, to your point, it shouldn’t be sent to Musk.

It is shit leadership if your supervisors don’t know what you do (this is like a massive pet peeve of mine - that’s like literally their only job). And, possibly to your point, if your leadership can’t articulate what your team is doing, it puts your job at risk, when really they should be removing layers of management. But all of this is beside the point, because Musk shouldn’t be the one doing it.

I’m so torn about this as an activity. Telling my bosses what I’ve accomplished each week has been part of my regular work for 2 decades - so this doesn’t feel like an unreasonable request and I’m a bit surprised the info is not at the ready. But Musk is absolutely the wrong person to make the request and any decisions based on the information received.

I train people on how to speak (to executives, during a presentation, with clients) all the time. In my line of work, a client can end a contract if they don’t like engaging with my team - so it is pretty relevant to the job.